Kota Doria Cotton Saree Sage Green Block Print Paisley

This Kota Doria saree is a gentle sage green its sheer cotton silk ground covered in an all over block printed jaal of curling paisley and small flowers in teal olive and fine maroon line work The dense vine pattern runs edge to edge across the body and pallu finished with a soft lace style trim at the fall The pattern is hand block printed and the tells are in the repeat Follow the paisleys and you will find tiny shifts where the wooden block was lifted and re laid by hand motifs that almost but not quite line up and the occasional faint overlap where two impressions met The colour soaks through to the reverse rather than sitting only on the face A machine or digital print gives a flawless perfectly registered repeat with crisp surface only colour a hand block print on a Kota Doria shows these small human irregularities over the open faintly uneven khat grid of cotton and silk threads Kota Doria is woven in Kaithoon near Kota in Rajasthan on pit looms handed down through weaving families then block printed by hand The fine yarn is sized with a traditional rice or onion starch paste before weaving the step that lets such a sheer cloth hold together at the loom An easy elegant drape for daytime summer workdays festive lunches a daytime function worn over a fitted blouse in teal or cream with oxidised silver or light gold jewellery